Canada currently second in Movember donations

Time is running out for this year’s Movember fundraising campaign. So far over $35-million has been raised globally, including over $8-million in Canada.

Kevin O’Reilly is the chairperson for Movember Waterloo Region, he says that typically the last week of November they see a lot of donations, “The last week is usually the biggest for fundraising, people usually get to work on Monday and realize holy smokes I almost missed it.”

Canadians will have to make a lot of donations in the last week, if we wish to be crowned the top fundraising country. Despite the impressive numbers so far, Canada is currently second behind the U.S. who have raised $10,868,259 to date.

O’Reilly says, that while it doesn’t really matter who raises the most money, the friendly competition should add a little incentive, “Movember in Canada and in the United States is kind of like hockey, as a smaller country numbers wise we have always been right at the top of the leader board, I’d like to give that a kick in the last week and get past the Americans.”

If you would like to donate to Movember but are not sure how, you are in luck. go to the Movember website and search 570 News to donate.

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